Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007

Result

Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Chelsea 6-0 Manchester City: match report

Chelsea defeated Manchester City 6-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Michael Essien (16'), Didier Drogba (31'), Didier Drogba (55'), Joe Cole (60'), S. Kalou (75') and Andriy Shevchenko (90'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 7th on 18 points from 10 and Manchester City 3rd on 22 points from 10. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Manchester City's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Michael EssienChelsea
  • 29'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 29'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 31'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael JohnsonManchester City
  • 55'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 3-0
  • 60'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 4-0
  • 75'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 5-0
  • 90'Goal · Andriy ShevchenkoChelsea · 6-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 8, draws 1, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-2)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Michael Essien, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Joe Cole

Manchester City line-up (4-5-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Georgios Samaras, Elano